{"id":7403,"date":"2022-01-24T13:36:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T08:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=7403"},"modified":"2022-01-24T13:37:54","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T08:07:54","slug":"why-should-you-be-worried-about-antimicrobial-resistance","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/why-should-you-be-worried-about-antimicrobial-resistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Why should you be worried about Antimicrobial Resistance?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>According to the GRAM report, the global death toll from antimicrobial resistance exceeds major diseases such as HIV and malaria<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-01-24T13:36:27+05:30\">24th January 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n<summary class=\"wo-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: center;\">Read more<br><br><\/summary>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">Antimicrobial resistance occurs when<strong> microorganisms (such as bacteria, viruses, or fungi) no longer respond to medicines<\/strong> and become resistant to antimicrobial drugs such as antibiotics. As a result, infections become more difficult to treat, and the risk of disease transmission, serious illness, and death increases.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What causes Antimicrobial Resistance?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<pclass=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">Antimicrobial resistance is a normal occurrence. Bacteria, for example, grow rapidly and adapt to <strong>protect themselves from antibiotics<\/strong>. Some microorganisms are inherently resistant to antimicrobial medications, while others acquire resistance due to excessive and improper medicine use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why should you be worried about Antimicrobial Resistance?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">According to the recent <strong>Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance (GRAM) <\/strong>report published in The Lancet, antimicrobial resistance is a global health concern with greater adverse effects than major diseases like HIV and malaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">They conducted a comprehensive analysis of <strong>AMR-related deaths (bacteria only) <\/strong>in 2019 involving 204 countries. Below is a summary of some of the findings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"><li>AMR resistance was associated with an estimated <strong>4.95 million deaths <\/strong>globally.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\" start=\"2\"><li>AMR directly caused an estimated <strong>1.27 million deaths<\/strong> globally (which may have been avoided if the infection hadn&#8217;t been drug-resistant).<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\" start=\"3\"><li><strong>HIV\/AIDS and malaria<\/strong> were estimated to have killed 860,000 and 640,000 people in the same year.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\" start=\"4\"><li>Infections in the lower respiratory tract and thorax, such as pneumonia, bloodstream infections, and intra-abdominal infections, caused 78.8% percent of fatalities.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\" start=\"5\"><li>Of the 23 pathogens studied, drug resistance in six pathogens (<em>E coli, Staphylococcus aureus, K pneumoniae, S pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa)<\/em> caused 929,000 deaths directly and 3.57 million deaths indirectly.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\" start=\"6\"><li>More than 70% of deaths caused by AMR were due to resistance to two classes of antibiotics (fluoroquinolones and \u03b2-lactam antibiotics) which is the first line of treatment of severe infections.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\" start=\"7\"><li>The report also estimated the impact antimicrobial resistance had in each country. Bacterial AMR is a problem in all regions, but the highest rates of AMR burden were in sub-Saharan Africa.<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">The new data show that antibiotic resistance is spreading quicker than previously projected, which is cause for concern for all. As medicines become less effective, infections such as pneumonia, TB, gonorrhea, and sepsis are increasingly challenging to treat. That means that common bacterial infections will potentially become life-threatening sometime in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Some Factors that contribute to AMR<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"><li><strong>Excessive and incorrect antibiotic usage <\/strong>increases the prevalence of resistant bacteria. Another typical cause is failure to complete the appropriate dosage of recommended medicine.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\" start=\"2\"><li>AMR can spread due to <strong>poor hygiene and sanitation<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\" start=\"3\"><li>Antimicrobials are being used incorrectly and excessively in medicine, agriculture, and aquaculture.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\" start=\"4\"><li>The lack of standard treatment guidelines is another factor. Antibiotics can be purchased without a prescription in many countries and are frequently over-prescribed by doctors and veterinarians.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\" start=\"5\"><li>Contamination around pharmaceutical production sites is caused by untreated waste that releases large amounts of active antimicrobials into the environment.<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(21)02724-0\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Lancet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the GRAM report, the global death toll from antimicrobial resistance exceeds major 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